Traditional BSN Plan of Study

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Traditional BSN plan of study

For nursing undergraduates, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program is the traditional four-year degree option. As freshman and sophomores, nursing students are considered pre- nursing majors. Students are required to complete approximately 60 semester hours of general-education and prerequisite coursework while applying the clinical nursing major. After a pre-nursing student completes the pre-nursing credits, he or she must earn 60 additional credit hours to complete the clinical major. MU requires a minimum of 120 credit hours for the bachelor’s degree in nursing. Clinical-major applications are available only through the undergraduate student advisors' office (S235). Deadlines will be announced by the Student Advising Office.

Academic program plans are developed for each student by the academic advisor based on pre-requisite and co-requisite courses. All students are provided a copy of their program plan. The program plans are also filed in the student's folder in the academic advisor's office and are used by the student and the student's faculty/advisor for planning throughout the remainder of the student's nursing program. Any alteration in a course curriculum has the potential of delaying the completion of the program one or more semesters. Students apply for admission to the clinical major during the last semester of general-education and prerequisite coursework.

Nursing knowledge is developmental in nature. Each course is designed to build on knowledge and skills acquired in previous nursing and non-nursing courses. Therefore, the faculty strongly encourage students to keep syllabi, notes, and required texts from previous courses so that they can refer to them as needed.

For clinical majors

Semester 5

Old curriculum: Clinical nursing students who were admitted into clinical courseworkprior to Fall 2010 should follow the old curriculum/timeline when registering on myZou for classes. The old curriculum/timeline is available in the S235 Student Advising Office, MU School of Nursing, if needed.

New curriculum(listed below): Students admitted into the clinical coursework Fall 2010 and after should follow the new curriculum when registering on myZou for classes.

Number

Course

Credit hours

N3170

Nursing Skills, Technology and Simulations

4

N3200

Pathophysiology & Therapeutics

4

N3270

Foundations for Nursing: Physical Assessment & Nursing Process

6

N3300

Pharmacology & Nursing Implications

4

Total hours

18

Semester 6

Number

Course

Credit hours

N3470

Mental Health Nursing

4

N3670

Nursing of Adults I

6

N3870

Gerontological Nursing Care

3

N3900

Introduction to Nursing Science

3

Total hours

16

Semester 7

Number

Course

Credit hours

N4200***

Nursing Ethics & the Law

3

N4270

Nursing of Children

5

N4300

Nursing Issues/Leadership & Management

2

N4470

Nursing of Women & Newborns

5

Total hours

15

Semester 8

Number

Course

Credit hours

N4870

Nursing of Adults II

7

N4970

Nursing in Communities (WI course, capstone)

5

Total hours

12

* A list of humanity/fine art and/or behavior science options is available in S235 School of Nursing.

** Nursing 2000 is offered only during the fall semester. N2100 is offered during both fall and spring semesters. Students must be pre-nursing majors and have a 2.8 or higher GPA to enroll or obtain permission from department/instructor.

*** N4200 should be taken for writing-intensive (WI) credit, 4 credit hours, if the pre-nursing HDFS 2400 requirement was not completed at MU OR if HDFS 2400 was taken at MU during the summer semester.

**** Please visit mathplacement.missouri.edu for more information on the ALEKS math placement requirements.